Linux Days 2011 Call for Speakers

We are happy to announce to you the 13th Chemnitz' Linux Days[1]
in March, 2011. Linux Days are the most popular uncommercially
organised event regarding Linux and open source software in
Germany. The two-day event offers a wide lecture programme with
just about 90 lectures about basics, projects, workings, and
findings. Furthermore, we provide an exhibition space to present
a lot of projects to the public. As in previous years, more than
2.500 visitors were greatly impressed by the event in 2010.
Pictures and blog entries give an impression[2].

Chemnitz' Linux Days 2011, themed "Living Freedom", take place on
March 19 and 20, 2011. The Call for Lectures[3] and the Call for
Presentations[4] have already started. If you would like to
showcase your project as well, please sign up yourself and do not
forget to enter a convincing description. All speakers,
exhibitors and helpers get free entry, full board, and a free
ticket for the evening event on saturday. In case of open
queries, please do not hesitate to contact live@linux-tage.de
related to the exhibition or vortraege@linux-tage.de related to
lectures and workshops.

Kind regards from Chemnitz

[1] http://www.linux-tage.de/
[2] http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2010/info/bilder.html
[3] http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2011/vortraege/call_form
[4] http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2011/live/call_form

NYCBSDCon is getting close

NYCBSDCon is coming up very soon.  Knowing the caliber of people who are putting this on, it would and awesome conference to attend.  The price seems right too:

"As in years past, the admission fee is low. Very low. Early registration, which ends November 1st, is only $95 for an excellent technical conference packed with great presentations. And considering the price includes four meals in Manhattan, we are convinced the price is disturbingly low!"


They always seem to have the best parties after their events too.


I hope they post videos of the sessions.

Invite to MeetBSD 2011

Matt Olander invites us to attent MeetBSD 2011

Come discuss all the BSD flavors with your peers next week at MeetBSD
California! It's on Friday and Saturday, November 5th & 6th at
Hacker Dojo, in Mountain View, California, USA.

We have an interactive Unconference on the first day. This means that
the attendees will get to decide the topics in real time.
For the second day, a more traditional format of speakers and
works-in-progress will be followed. It's highly hackable, informative,
and fun.

Of course, a legendary BSD-party featuring special guests, activities,
and entertainment will occur Saturday evening at the Dojo ;)

Thanks to our generous sponsors, the cost is only $25 USD which includes
snacks, lunches, and admission to the after-party.


If you are planning on attending, please reserve your space now:
http://www.meetbsd.com

AsiaBSDCon 2011 -- Call for Papers

Hiroki Sato is calling for papers for AsiaBSDCon 2011.

 It will be held on March 17-20th 2011 in Tokyo Japan. That would be an fun conference to attend. I've been to asia before, but not Japan specifically.

The details on submitting a paper for the conference can be found at http://2011.asiabsdcon.org/.  Submission deadline is December 20th, 2010.

I'm going to have to go back and watch all the videos from last year to catch up.

EuroBSDCon Report

I love attending BSD conferences, but I haven't been to any lately.  The best I get to do is read the reports that others write when they get back.  Peter Hansteen, who happens to be the author of "The Book of PF" wrote a blog article on his adventures to EuroBSDCon.  I'm a long time user of PF in both OpenBSD and FreeBSD.

It sounds like there is a lot of good stuff going on in BSD.  I particularly liked the reports about Poul-Henning Kamp and Dru Lavigne, two people I admire for their dedication and "can do" attitude.

I was really intrigued by the pkg_add -u additions by Marc Espie on OpenBSD. I can see that being very useful in some of my projects.    Publish Post

AsiaBSDCon 2008 Keynote - Hideki Sunahara - 25 years with BSD

Hideki began using BSD in 1983, back before TCP/IP was available.  They did development on TCP/IP to make it available on BSD in Japan.  In 1988 the WIDE project was started which is part of the Internet for Japan.